Yet
another week and another act of terror in Cape Town followed by another gust of
hot air and empty promises from politicians.

Yesterday
the third act of urban terror in three weeks and the 19th in 26 months hit the
citizens of Cape Town. This was promptly followed by the expected rhetoric
from the Minister for Safety and Security. Yet again the people of Cape
Town was told that the police will increase its efforts to bring those
responsible for these cowardly acts to book.

This
follows a statement after the attack on the Bronx, that the authorities know who
are behind these attacks, but that they still need the necessary intelligence to
back this up in court. This seems highly unlikely, since intelligence gathering
should lead to identification of the perpetrators, and not the other way around.
In the meantime Capetonians live in fear and the city is losing its appeal as a
tourist attraction; tourism being a major source of income and employment for
the Province.

The
UDM calls on the DA provincial government and the ANC national government to put
aside their political differences and to work shoulder to shoulder to bring an
end to the acts of urban terrorism in Cape Town. This time an eyewitness
spoke to a suspect involved, surely it must be possible to draw up an identikit
and release it to the public for assistance. There can be no talk about
freedom, if the people of Cape Town cannot live free of fear from these faceless
terrorists.